By Understand that your photography catalog is more than just a filing system—it’s the central nervous system of your entire photography workflow, storing thousands of editing decisions, keyword tags, and organizational structures you’ve built over years. When migration becomes necessary, whether you’re moving from Lightroom to Capture One, switching to open-source alternatives like Darktable, or consolidating multiple catalogs, the stakes are genuinely high. Not all catalog data transfers cleanly between systems, and some metadata simply won’t survive the journey.
Evaluate your catalog’s actual …
